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BioWin

Created in 2006, BioWin, the Health Cluster of Wallonia (Belgium) is the regional reference player for all the stakeholders (companies, research centers and universities) involved in innovative R&D projects and/or skills development in the field of health biotechnology and medical technologies.

Catalisti

Flamac

Flanders Materials Centre (Flamac) was founded by three leading companies with important research and development activities in Flanders (Agfa, ArcelorMittal and Umicore) together with Agoria Vlaanderen.

VKC, a divsion of Centexbel

In 2014 the Flemish Centre for the plastics processing industry, VKC, was integrated in Centexbel. By joining forces, the expertise, knowledge and infrastructure of both centres will be put at the industry's service in a very efficient way.

European Commission Research & Innovation

The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation's mission is to develop and implement the European research and innovation policy with a view to achieving the goals of Europe 2020 and the Innovation Union.
As such, the DG contributes to making Europe a better place to live and work, improving Europe's competitiveness, growth and job creation while tackling the main current and future societal challenges. To do so, the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation supports research and innovation through European Framework Programmes, coordinates and supports national and regional research and innovation programmes, contributes to the creation of the European Research Area by developing the conditions for researchers and knowledge to circulate freely, and supports European organisations and researchers in their cooperation at international level.

F.P.S. Economy

FEDRA: Technological attraction poles (TAP)

The TAP programme seeks to strengthen the innovation dynamic by enhancing the research potential developed on a national scale.
This long-term booster programme centres on the development and use of scientific and technical knowledge in order to devise methods, procedures and tools able to generate innovation in the industrial sector.

Greenwin

Elaboration de produits et matériaux durable
Sustainable chemistry develops new materials and new products in a more sustainable manner, based on renewable resources (certain types of biomass, CO2, etc.), by process intensification, use of "green" solvents, etc.

Sustainable integration and deployment of materials
The construction industry is developing new processes for using innovative materials and ensures their integration into components or systems which reduce the environmental imprint, notably through energy efficiency and energy storage.

Treatment and reclamation of wastes and effluents
The environment sector is developing new methods of treating effluents and reclaiming secondary raw materials resulting from human activity.

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market.

Seen as a means to drive economic growth and create jobs, Horizon 2020 has the political backing of Europe’s leaders and the Members of the European Parliament. They agreed that research is an investment in our future and so put it at the heart of the EU’s blueprint for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and jobs.

By coupling research and innovation, Horizon 2020 is helping to achieve this with its emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges. The goal is to ensure Europe produces world-class science, removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and private sectors to work together in delivering innovation.

Horizon 2020 is open to everyone, with a simple structure that reduces red tape and time so participants can focus on what is really important. This approach makes sure new projects get off the ground quickly – and achieve results faster.

The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be complemented by further measures to complete and further develop the European Research Area. These measures will aim at breaking down barriers to create a genuine single market for knowledge, research and innovation.

Interreg Euregio Meuse-Rhine

The Interreg V EMR programme (2014-2020) aims to remove bottlenecks and practical barriers with a view to enhancing the potential of (and within) the Meuse-Rhine Euregio.

Interreg EMR finances cross-border projects with funds drawn from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). From the regions and from own sources of project partners funds can also be made available. By supporting cross-border cooperation, the programme Interreg Euregio Meuse-Rhine contributes to the quality of life of the Euregio’s four million or so inhabitants.

The four priorities are:

Innovation

Economy

Social inclusion and education

Territorial development

Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen

The programma France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen: 5 French and Belgian regions working together to erase the borders. The programme fo European Territorial Cooperation Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen is based on the will to promote the economic and social exchanges between five border regions: Hauts-de-France and Grand Est in France; Wallonia, West- and East-Flanders in Belgium. The programme wants to join common expertise and valorise the potental of each involved region to the profit of the people of the region.

ITEA

ITEA is the EUREKA Cluster programme supporting innovative, industry-driven, pre-competitive R&D projects in the area of Software-intensive Systems & Services (SiSS). ITEA stimulates projects in an open community of large industry, SMEs, universities, research institutes and user organisations.

LIFE Programme

The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value.

EATP

EATP represents, promotes and serves the interests of the European polyolefin textiles industry.

Providing the industry with business services and constitutes a forum for contacts and discussion (in full respect for European and international competition law) on issues of common concern. By these means, it aims to promote the profitable development of its member companies, and of the industry as a whole.

ESF European Safety Federation

Euratex

Represents the interests of the European textile and clothing industry within the European institutions related to commercial and industrial policies, research and innovation, environmental and social issues.

Fedustria

Flanders InShape

Flanders InShape – Flemish Competence Centre for Product Development and Industrial Design – was founded in December 2006 and is a joint venture involving the Flemish Industrial Federation, a number of service companies, colleges of higher education and specialised centres of knowledge including Centexbel.

IGI quality mark for wall coverings

IGI, the Global Wallcoverings Association, is a world-wide not-for-profit organisation with the mission to increase the ability of wallcovering industry members to solve their business problems by providing a forum for discussion, disseminating information, and representing the industry before government and standards bodies in order to facilitate the establishment and the promotion of industry standards.

Masters of Linen

MASTERS OF LINEN is a subsidiary of the CELC (European Flax and Hemp Confederation), the only European agro-industrial body to bring together players working in all stages of the flax/linen supply chain, from plant to fabric, including scutching and spinning.

Oeko-Tex

Confidence in textiles – this has been the motto of the independent test institutes of the International Oeko-Tex® Association since 1992, with their tests for harmful substances according to Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 for textile products of all types which pose no risk whatsoever to health.

Prodis-GuT

PRODIS is the first comprehensive consumer information system that integrates information on environmental issues, consumer health and safety topics as well as information on use areas of use and additional characteristics of textile floorcoverings.

PRODIS provides reliable information for the consumer and trade and is based on two elements:

the GUT test system for VOC-emissions and chemicals

the FCSS standard symbols for use classification

Textiel IncubatieCentrum - TIC NV

The Textile Incubation Center ("TIC") supports startups and existing companies by offering them a range of services like the development of a business plan, the search for the first customers or the adequate technology or the production of a first prototype. If your project needs financing we can put you into contact with our professional network. We set up the necessary consortia with the right industrial partners to realize your technological development in the area of textiles.

Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC)

The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme takes a holistic approach to tackling the issue of hazardous chemicals in the global textile, leather and footwear value chain. Its goal is to eliminate the use of priority chemicals by focussing on the following areas: Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL) & Conformity Guidance, Wastewater Quality, Audit Protocol, Research, Data and Disclosure, and Training.

Standardisation

CEN

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a business facilitator in Europe, removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers. Its mission is to foster the European economy in global trading, the welfare of European citizens and the environment. Through its services it provides a platform for the development of European Standards and other technical specifications.

Floor covering standard symbols

Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings have a number of specific characteristics and are classified in a number of use classes.
In order to make the classification and these specific characteristics easy understandable and recognizable for the consumer, graphic symbols have been developed.
For practical reasons only symbols where developed for characteristics linked directly to a European standard.

ISO

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards.
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 159 countries, one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.

Ecology

Clevercare

ECHA: European Chemicals Agency

The Agency, located in Helsinki, Finland will manage the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction processes for chemical substances to ensure consistency across the European Union. These REACH processes are designed to provide additional information on chemicals, to ensure their safe use, and to ensure competitiveness of the European industry.

BOIP

The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) is the official body for the registration of trademarks and designs in the Benelux. In addition, the BOIP offers the possibility to formally record the existence of ideas, concepts, designs prototypes and the like.

WIPO

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest.

Research & development

Dephotex

Development of Photovoltaic Textiles based on novel Fibres. DEPHOTEX is a European collaborative research project of 4,2 million €, co-funded by the European Commission (FP7, NMP Theme - Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials & new production technologies). Dephotex will be carrying out research on Photovoltaic Textiles based on novel Fibres during 3 years from November 2008 to October 2011.

NoTeReFiGa

The objective of the project "Novel Temperature Regulating Fibers and Garments" is to develop novel temperature regulating fibres and innovative textile products for thermal management, selected by the SME segment of the textile industry in Europe. The temperature regulating effect is achieved by novel methods of incorporating large amounts of phase changing materials (PCM) in textile fibres.